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Federal agencies looking to hire U.S. citizens to fill defense and intelligence positions are facing a workforce shortage and a knowledge gap, said Stefi Baum, professor and director of the Center for Imaging Science.
"The U.S. has not been good at training U.S. citizen Ph.D.s in the STEM fields, and for agencies doing security-related work, it's a huge problem," Baum said. "The U.S. has had 20 years of not producing scientists and engineers to feed into that and has been relying on people who are from the Sputnik era who are retiring. There's a large awareness of that but exactly what to do about it hasn't been well addressed."
The Center for Imaging Science seeks to grow its remote sensing lab and its other related imaging laboratories through sustained relationships with the federal departments and agencies that routinely hire RIT graduates. Messinger and Baum envision targeted recruitment of imaging science graduates akin to Toyota's formal courtship of RIT's mechanical and automotive engineers.
Prior to the Congressional briefing, Destler and Messinger met with key members of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to discuss starting a formal relationship with RIT's imaging science program. RIT Board of Trustee member Jeffrey Harris '75 (photographic science and instrumentation), chairman of the Open Geospatial Consortium and a former director of the National Reconnaissance Office, acted as their primary contact with the agency.
Harris described his experience working with imaging science graduates while he served in both government and industry as "having the right skills on the team."
"The STEM-educated, tech-savvy specialist—competent with imaging systems—is a valued member of the new integrated-information eco-system," he said.
According to Messinger, 10 to 15 percent—or 13 RIT alumni, mostly with imaging science and photo technology degrees—"dominate" the NGA's image science group. Team leader, retired U.S. Air Force Officer Michael Foster '07 (imaging science), NGA Image Science Integration Lead in the Office of Sciences and Methodologies, earned his Ph.D. through an Air Force advanced education program that sends officers to study imaging science at RIT.
"Clearly, we're doing something valuable because their human resources people are hiring our graduates for these critical positions," Messinger said. "But there is no longer-term strategy."
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Messinger met in January with the head of human resources and other specialists to further explore a strategic relationship between the NGA and RIT, including on-site training for scientists at the agency. Discussion with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency remains ongoing.
"We hope to convince the NGA and other governmental agencies to generate a significant amount of funding to support five to 15 graduate students a year," Messinger said.
The Center for Imaging Science graduates approximately 10 to 15 undergraduate and 20 master and doctoral students per year. The undergraduate program hovers between 40 and 50 students, while the graduate program claims 110 to 115 students.
"Even if we produce 20 Ph.D.s a year, that makes a big difference because one of these people with this kind of training can influence a large swath of the industry and federal capability," Baum said. "The difference is in what they can do and in their multiplying effect. They can help train the others around them and provide this imaging-systems perspective that people trained in very specific aspects may not have."
Imaging systems attached to planes or satellites juxtapose optical cameras side by side with infrared sensors to capture information beyond what the human eye can see. Some imaging scientists develop the instrumentation to collect data; others write the algorithms, or computer programs, that turn data into useful information by processing and interpreting imaging data and creating geospatially accurate maps.
"Typically, agencies will have to train physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists or engineers as much as they can in the imaging system," Baum said.
"RIT brings everything together in an interdisciplinary way. It's math, physics, engineering—and we produce a student who is an imaging scientist—and those people have a different level of understanding and knowledge of the end-to-end system of imaging—how to apply imaging systems, how to design them, commission them, do the program management for them, how to make sure that they're going to get the imaging system that will attain the results they need."
Adds Baum, "It's not enough to take the end data and write an algorithm for it if you don't understand how to develop the system that takes the data."
Matthew Montanaro '05, '09 (physics, imaging science) came to imaging science with a physics background and appreciates the end-to-end perspective he has developed.
"Having my physics degree was a good base to have but my graduate project forced me to become familiar with engineering and computer science and technical writing," said Montanaro, a Landsat calibration scientist who works for the Sigma Space Corp. as a contractor to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "It definitely made me more rounded in terms of technical skills that really allowed me to be desirable to an organization like NASA."
The nuances of imaging science are a product of the education, he said.
"I think that having the imaging science background allows us to be sort of an interface between the engineers building the sensors and the scientists and analysts who use the data," Montanaro said. "That's very beneficial out in the workforce since it lets you see the big picture. You can see how all aspects of the imaging system tie together."
Ariel Schlamm '06, '10 (imaging and photographic technology, imaging science) is a senior sensor systems engineer at the MITRE Corp., a federally funded research-and-development center in McLean, Va.
Schlamm applies her strong mathematical background to evaluating the quality of remotely sensed imagery and developing algorithms for extracting information from images. She attributes her imaging-science coursework to her easy transition from graduate student to team member "working on remote sensing technologies, with little or no time required for training and getting up to speed."
Graduates from RIT's Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science have a good reputation for being able to "dive in quickly," she said.
"In the defense community, when people find out you have a degree from RIT in imaging science, they immediately trust your abilities and understand what you can bring to a project," Schlamm said. "Often those who work with us say they wish they could hire more graduates of CIS, but unfortunately there aren't enough of us graduating each year."

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In the biggest disappointment of his young career, Dynamo defender Mike Chabala had to sit out last year's Western Conference championship game against the Los Angeles Galaxy. Suspended after picking up one yellow card in each leg of the conference semifinal, Chabala had to watch from the stands as the Galaxy eliminated the Dynamo in a wild 2-0, overtime win that included two light failures and a Houston goal waved off.
Almost five months later, Chabala and the Dynamo are off to a strong start to the 2010 season, and the implications in the standings – the Galaxy are 2-0 and Houston 1-0-1 – are the most important aspect of Saturday's rematch.
"We've been waiting for this moment from last season to try and get ourselves right," Chabala said. "It was disappointing the way it finished, but it's a new season, a new start, and we want to get off to a good start. These three home games that we have in a row are real important for us, all intra-conference games, so we want to make sure we win."
Still, hosting the Galaxy this Saturday means a little something extra to the Fresno, Calif. native, whose first year as a starter at the professional level ended with him watching from a suite rather than competing on the field.
"It was really tough having to watch that game and not being able to contribute," Chabala said. "I'm trying to maximize every game I'm playing and trying to help my team get the results we're looking for. For me personally, I just want to put a little stamp on the game that it should've been a different result when we were playing there last year."
Although his main focus is on the Dynamo's defensive efforts – the league leaders in goals allowed over the last three years are still looking for their first shutout of 2010 – Chabala has found a way to be involved offensively so far in 2010. He made a long overlapping run from left back and scored with his right foot in the season opener March 27, and it was his long pass into the box that led to Geoff Cameron being fouled and the Dynamo tying the game via penalty kick on April 1.
Against the Galaxy, however, Chabala said the Dynamo will be worried about counterattacks as the Galaxy try to take advantage of the unique talents of Landon Donovan, who can score himself or play setup man for Edson Buddle, who has netted all three Galaxy goals this year.
"We need to be making sure that we're communicating and paying attention to players when we do have the ball, so that when the ball does turn over, we're in good spots to keep Landon and Edson in front of us," Chabala said. "As long as we keep staying together as a tight group, we'll be fine."
A shutout and a victory. Not too much to ask, right?
That's the goal for Chabala and the Dynamo on Saturday, and this time Chabala will be on the field expecting to help Houston reach those goals.


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Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco reviewed dozens of studies and medical reports and said the data indicate that fetuses likely are incapable of feeling pain until around the seventh month of pregnancy, when they are about 28 weeks old.
Based on the evidence, discussions of fetal pain for abortions performed before the end of the second trimester should not be mandatory, according to the study appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
The review, researchers say, is an attempt to present a comprehensive, objective report on evidence to inform the debate over fetal pain laws aimed at making women think twice before getting abortions.
Critics angrily disputed the findings and claimed the report is biased.
"They have literally stuck their hands into a hornet's nest," said Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand, a fetal pain researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, who believes fetuses as young as 20 weeks old feel pain. "This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are very, very concerned and are far more knowledgeable in this area than the authors appear to be. This is not the last word — definitely not."
The review says medical evidence shows that brain structures involved in feeling pain begin forming earlier but likely do not function until around the seventh month, when fetuses are about 28 weeks old.
Some scientists say younger fetuses show pain by moving away from a stimulus, but that likely is a reflex action and not an indication that they are actually feeling pain, said UCSF obstetric anesthesiologist Dr. Mark Rosen, the study's senior author.
Offering fetal pain relief in the fifth or sixth month, when brains are too immature to feel pain, is misguided and might result in unacceptable health risks to women, the authors said.
Dr. Nancy Chescheir, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at Vanderbilt University and a board director at the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, said the report "will help to develop some consensus" on when fetuses feel pain. "To date, there hasn't been any."
Study not politically motivated
The sponsor of the proposed federal fetal pain legislation, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., says he's prepared for "a robust debate" on his measure in light of the new review.
He said Wednesday's JAMA report "seems to me to fly in the face of common experience and common sense."
Brownback, often mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2008, thinks discussing fetal pain is one way to curb abortions without making them illegal.
"I'm pro-life and if a woman decides not to abort her fetus with this information, that would certainly be fine by me," Brownback said.
The measure pending in Congress would affect about 18,000 U.S. abortions a year performed in the fifth month of pregnancy or later, said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee. He said the review is slanted.
Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, JAMA's editor-in-chief, said the decision to publish the review was not politically motivated.
JAMA does not publish "politically motivated science. We publish data-based, evidence-based science," she said.
Rosen said researchers "tried to review the literature in an unbiased fashion. This was a multidisciplinary effort by experts on anesthesia, neuroanatomy, obstetrics and neonatal development."
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When doctors operate on fetuses to correct defects before birth, general anesthesia is given to the mother primarily to immobilize the fetus and to make the uterus relax. Anesthesia during fetal surgery increases the mother's risks for breathing problems and bleeding from a relaxed uterus, the researchers said.
Rosen said those risks are medically acceptable when the goal is to save the fetus but there is not enough evidence to show any benefit from fetus-directed anesthesia during an abortion.
Administering anesthesia directly to the fetus is also sometimes done but generally to reduce the release of potentially harmful fetal stress hormones, Rosen said. There is little research on its effects.
But Anand said the study's authors excluded or minimized evidence suggesting fetal pain sensation begins in the second trimester and wrongly assume that fetuses' brains sense pain in the same way as adult brains.
While Anand has testified as an expert witness for the government in court cases opposing some late-term abortions, he said he is not anti-abortion and that his views are based on years of fetal pain research.
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We are the first to admit that planning a big wedding can be a lot of work, but when the big day came it was so amazing, absolutely joyful, and definitely worth it. On the wedding day, my bridesmaids and I had our hair and makeup done by Harmony Salon. (They were so good, I wish I could do that every day!) Later, Mike and his groomsmen met us at my mom's house, my childhood home, where Mike and I did our "first look" – I can't imagine waiting until the aisle to see him, that's just too long! Then we took a school bus with our bridal party to the venue – with a stop by their nearby horse farm for some really special pictures.
During the ceremony, Jack from The A Band played "Marry Me" by Train. It is a song I return to often, to remind myself of the lovely ceremony and the incredible vows we exchanged. After the ceremony we had the party of our lives! Falkirk Estate and Country Club was the perfect venue with beautiful views, top-notch service, and beyond delicious food. Once the party got started, the dance floor was full all night long! (Mike showed off his Michael Jackson moves more than a few times.) We considered our "guest book" to be the photobooth and it was a big hit! We actually made the chalkboard speech bubbles ourselves using some foam board and chalk paint, and we were glad they got so much use. There are some very silly photobooth shots that crack us up every time.
Our wedding day was July 5th, which was one day before Christie's maternal grandparents' 66th anniversary. Later in the evening we surprised them with a toast and their own cake. Then the band played "You Make Me Feel So Young." They stunned everyone in the room as they twirled and glided across the floor. They really know how to dance! The best part of the day was just being surrounded by all of our favorite people in the world as we officially joined each other as husband and wife. The photos, by Isabelle Selby, are beautiful reminders of the happiest day of our lives and of all of the beautiful moments we shared. – Christie & Mike
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CBBC Newsround has a follow up on the news from yesterday regarding the actress to play Lavender Brown in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Readers will remember Rupert Grint mentioned a girl named Jessie for the part; her full name is now confirmed to be Jessie Cave, and you can see a photo of her via this link to Newsround. The article notes Ms. Cave "is 20 years old. Your first chance to see Jessie on screen though will be in CBBC drama Summerhill going out early next year. It's not known if Jessie attended the open auditions for Lavender." UPDATE: Newsround now has an image gallery online, hereUpdate 2: Newsround has now added video of Jessica in her upcoming appearance in "Summerville". To watch, click here.
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The dull brown moth may be dull-looking but as noctuid cutworms they're not.
We spotted this noctuid cutworm, soon to be a dull brown moth, last week on a yarrow in the Storer Gardens at the University of California, Davis.
Noctuids belong to--guess what--the Noctuidae family, which includes moslty the dull-colored moths.
You're likely to see these moths flying around at night, attracted to your porch light.
Another place you can see these moths--as specimens--is the Bohart Museum of Entomology, 1124 Academic Surge, on the UC Davis campus. Directed by Lynn Kimsey, professor and vice chair of the department, the Bohart Museum houses some seven million insect specimens--and a few live ones, such as Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Yes, they give tours. Contact Tabatha Yang at email@example.com.
What's really interesting about the noctuids is that they have auditory organs that are capable of detecting frequencies from 3 to more than 100 kilocycles per second. This can save them from being bat prey.
Bats, you see, emit high-pitched chirps as they fly around at night seeking prey and avoiding obstacles. The chirps bounce back or echo, enabling them to maneuver in complete darkness.
When the dull brown moths hear the chirps, they fold their wings and drop to the ground.
Three kilocycles (3000 cycles) per second is in the top octave of the piano; the average upper limit of hearing in humans is about 15 kilocycles per second. (Source: An Introduction to the Study of Insects by Donald Borror and Dwight DeLong, former entomologists at Ohio State University)
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The Nepal earthquake: One year later
One year after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, causing massive loss of life, widespread homelessness and billions of dollars in damage, the nation continues to heal and rebuild. In Dhading, one of the districts most devastated by the quake, SIM and partner organization United Mission to Nepal (UMN) carry on with reconstruction work.
Last year SIM contributed a total of $150,000 (USD) for the Dhading Disaster Response Program (DDRP), which focusses on relief and reconstruction in a two-phase plan.
"I am grateful to our donors, whose response was immediate and very generous," said Gabriel Jens, director of SIM Nepal. "Because of this, UMN together with SIM could help people quickly and avert more loss of life.
During the initial relief phase of the DDRP, funds were used to purchase and distribute materials needed for survival, including food items such as rice, salt, and oil, as well as hygiene kits and temporary shelter. In order to maximize their reach, UMN worked with local partners to distribute relief materials. More than 12,100 households received relief materials in Dhading, where UMN has been serving for over 20 years in education, health, livelihood, and more.
"I was happy - at the time when I had nothing to eat, I received food," said Khawa Lama, who received relief goods after his family's home was entirely destroyed.
The earthquake claimed the lives of 9,000 people, and eight million are estimated to be affected - more than one-fourth of Nepal's population. Almost three million people have been displaced from their homes. In Dhading, approximately 680 people were killed and 92 percent of houses were severely damaged by the quake.
"That day was really the day of darkness," said Silas Tamang, executive director at Himalaya Community Salvation Society (HIMS), one of UMN's local partners.
Silas was on the front lines of relief efforts, traveling to the remote villages with UMN and handing out materials to the villagers. He added that the rainy weather the night after the earthquake, along with continued tremors under the earth, added to the fear and anxiety.
"But people have hope in their life because they believe in Christ," said Tamang, noting that Dhading is comprised of mostly Christians. "Some people have come back here and they are starting their lives again."
Ram Kumar, a jewelry maker who lives in the village of Tawal, was trapped under falling rocks during the earthquake. Bone was shattered in both his legs and his head was cut and bleeding.
"I could not come out, rock kept falling. I was completely buried," Kumar said. "I remembered God when that happened. I thought of God, no one else."
A major aftershock with a magnitude of 7.3 hit the country on May 12, 2015, followed by another aftershock with a 6.3 magnitude 30 minutes later. Both of these caused further deaths and injuries, as well as landslides in mountainous regions such as Dhading. Though aftershocks are natural after an earthquake, people feared going back inside shelter in case another aftershock happened.
Reconstruction hampered
Though Phase 1 officially ended and Phase 2 began on June 1, 2015, the need for relief continued during the winter. Several villages in Northern Dhading located at a high altitude and closer to the Himalayas experience much lower temperatures than other parts of Dhading and the temporary shelters many villagers were forced to live in were inadequate protection against the weather.
UMN responded with a "winterization" relief effort during December 2015, and worked with local partners to distribute blankets and mattresses to approximately 3,600 households. Though the distribution had been planned for two months earlier, materials were difficult to procure because of the blockade crisis on the Indian border.
"The border closure affected everybody in Nepal and the earthquake survivors' needs became secondary," Jens said. "Nothing could be done about it. There was no fuel...work had to stop."
The crisis, which lasted from September 2015 to February of this year, began days after Nepal adopted its new constitution. Minority groups, including the Madhesi people who live in southern Nepal, have claimed the new constitution does not represent them and instated the blockade as a form of protest. The flow of resources such as fuel, medicine, and raw materials needed for post-earthquake reconstruction into the landlocked nation was stopped. UNICEF warned that the blockade put more than three million children under the age of five in Nepal at risk and urged the parties involved to lift the restrictions, but the blockade remained.
Training strengthens rebuilding efforts
UMN plans to help 1,100 households selected from the poorest in Dhading. The cost is estimated to be USD 2,000 per house. UMN will also empower the local people by helping them regain their livelihoods. This includes distributing seed, tools, and livestock. They also intend to turn temporary learning centers into permanent ones so that children can continue their education, pending approval from government entities.
UMN and HIMS, are currently providing mason trainings so that men can learn to construct more earthquake resilient homes.
Tarlama Tamang, who has completed the mason training, worked as a construction laborer and then as a carpenter before the earthquake. He explained that previously, he and his fellow laborers would follow the house-owner's instructions for building, even if that meant houses were not built well.
"We used to work in a quick way. We never worked in a way to build a strong house. We had to earn money, so why not make it faster so that we could earn more?" Tamang said.
Though not all the villagers can afford the materials used in mason trainings, they are still able to apply the techniques they learn to strengthen their homes. In the village of Tawal, many villagers are using rubble and salvaged material to reconstruct their homes, but making use of new knowledge.
Shree Bahadur Tamang, a teacher who is currently rebuilding his home with the help of family and other community members, said that the training taught them to overlap bricks to make sturdier buildings.
"I believe our home is stronger," he said, adding, "They [UMN] have been supporting us from before, they will continue to support us here."
The DDRP is a 2.5-year intensive recovery initiative and UMN intends to revert back to its usual community development program once the DDRP finishes.
"Without supporting partners, we couldn't do anything," said Peter Lockwood, the program's management adviser. "The prayer support has been brilliant, and also the financial support has been extremely generous. Without those two elements, then whatever plans we had in the past, or going into the future, just wouldn't happen."
Rebuilding and strengthening also happen beyond the physical and tangible.
"SIM is partnering with UMN not only to help people rebuild their homes and their lives - that's only part of it," Jens said. "I hope that those who are Christian will deepen their faith in Him, and that those who are not will find hope in God."
In both the midst and aftermath of the earthquake, some Christians in Dhading are grateful for life, even if the quake has made living a heavier burden.
"It has been hard. I am feeling weak, this leg does not work," Kumar said. "But I am still saved. It is a gift from God."
Monsoon season begins in June, which puts pressure on villagers to finish rebuilding their homes quickly. Some have decided to stay in their temporary living shelters. According to the Red Cross, an estimated four million people are still living in temporary shelter. Still, many others are pressing forward.
"I remember being in Dhading just a week after the earthquake and people were already going back into their family's houses to salvage whatever tools they could, whatever seeds they could," Lockwood said. "The Nepali people are very tough and resilient."


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- Watch Case STAINLESS STEEL, WITH HARDENED MINERAL CRYSTAL
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Yacht-Master 40
from AU$ 11,079
Yacht-Master 37
from AU$ 15,505
Yacht-Master Rose gold
from AU$ 21,371
Yacht-Master Steel
from AU$ 6,795
Yacht-Master Yellow gold
from AU$ 13,685
Yacht-Master Gold/Steel
from AU$ 7,366
Yacht-Master 35mm
from AU$ 8,569
Yacht-Master 29mm
from AU$ 6,269
Yacht-Master rubber strap
from AU$ 29,295
The Yacht-Master is the ultimate Rolex for skippers. You'll be sure to stir up excitement at sea or the yacht club with this gold or platinum watch on your wrist. It's available in a range of sizes suitable for men and women.
Rolex has a long-standing connection to water sports stretching all the way back to the 1950s: In 1953, they introduced one of the first diving watches worldwide, the Submariner. In 1992, Rolex premiered their watch for sailing enthusiasts, the Yacht-Master. Later, in 2012, prototypes of the Sea-Dweller survived the trip down to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. At such depths, the watches had to be able to withstand more than 1,000 bar of pressure - a truly impressive feat.
Thanks to the wide range of case sizes available – 29 mm, 35 mm, 37 mm, and 40 mm – the Rolex Yacht-Master is perfect for men and women. The Yacht-Master is available in Everose gold (rose gold) as well as bicolor combinations of Everose gold or yellow gold and stainless steel, the latter of which is nicknamed Rolesor by Rolex. Furthermore, a model made of a combination of stainless steel and platinum called Rolesium is exclusive to the Yacht-Master collection. The case and three-piece link Oyster bracelet are made of stainless steel, while the bezel and dial are made of platinum. Unlike the Submariner, whose bezel is unidirectional for safety reasons, the Yacht-Master's bezel is bidirectional. It can help you calculate the sailing time between two buoys during a regatta, for example.
|Reference number
|Price (approx.)
|Material and strap
|Size (in mm)
|Everose gold, Oysterflex
|Rolesor, Oyster
|Rolesium, Oyster
|Everose gold, Oysterflex
|Rolesor, Oyster
|Rolesium, Oyster
A 40-mm Rolex Yacht-Master in Everose gold with the reference number 116655 costs about 22,100 USD in mint condition and around 21,800 USD when pre-owned. The so-called Oysterflex bracelet is a real treat on this rose gold luxury watch. On the inside, it is made of flexible metal inserts, which are then covered with elastomer. The black Cerachrom bezel inlay and black dial match perfectly with the bracelet and contrast nicely with the Everose gold case and rose gold hands and indices.
If you're a fan of bicolor watches, you will like the Yacht-Master with the reference number 116621. This 40-mm model is made of stainless steel and Everose gold and is held on the wrist by a stainless steel and rose gold Oyster bracelet . You can find never-worn models for as little as 13,200 USD and pre-owned ones for around 12,800 USD. Rolesium versions (ref. 116622) are made of stainless steel and platinum and go for 11,200 USD in mint condition and 9,900 USD for a pre-owned example.
At 37 mm, the Rolex Yacht-Master 37 feels significantly more feminine than the 40-mm version of this luxury watch. The rose gold editions and two-tone versions in gold and stainless steel make the perfect companion for any fashion-forward women's outfit. As seen in the 40-mm Yacht-Master, models with an Oysterflex bracelet are the sportiest option. The Rolesium variant is also available with a 37-mm case. In mint condition, this luxury watch costs around 10,200 USD.
A never-worn, 18-karat Everose gold Yacht-Master 37 with a black Oysterflex bracelet and the reference number 268655 goes for about 18,700 USD, while a pre-owned model sits around 18,100 USD. Two-tone models in stainless steel and Everose gold have a chocolate-colored dial and can be found under the reference number 268621. Prices for this timepiece come in at about 12,100 USD. Pre-owned examples cost a few hundred dollars less.
Are you looking for the right watch for your next sailing trip? Then the Rolex Yacht-Master is right for you. With its 100-meter (10 bar, 328 ft) water resistance, you can even wear this sports watch while swimming. Exquisite materials, such as gold and platinum, further enhance these watches and make them the perfect choice to wear to the yacht club. A wide range of sizes - from 29 to 40 mm - makes these watches a great fit for both men and women. The Everose gold models, in particular, are an excellent accessory for stylish women. However, men can also wear these rose gold luxury watches and match them to their outfit.
If you're looking to wear your Rolex Yacht-Master beyond the yacht club or your boat, you should take a closer look at the models made of Rolesium. These stainless steel and platinum timepieces are simple, elegant, and sporty at the same time, making them ideal for the office and everyday life. As is true of most every Rolex, Yacht-Masters have great value retention.
The design of the Yacht-Master closely resembles that of the Submariner - from the celebrated Oyster case and the three-piece link Oyster bracelet to the crown protector and the date display with a Cyclops lens. Even the hour and minute hands and index markers are reminiscent of those on the Submariner. However, if you look more closely, you will notice subtle differences. The Yacht-Master's inscription and second hand are red, the crown guard is a bit bigger, and its case edges are rounded. The most noticeable difference is the bezel: The polished 60-minute graduations are raised, standing out against the matte background. In addition, its bezel can turn in both directions, while that of the Submariner cannot.
In 2015, Rolex presented a Yacht-Master with an Everose gold case. The Genevan manufacturers opted for a scratch-resistant ceramic inlay and a matte black surface for the bezel. Its relief-like scale is polished, as is true of most Yacht-Master models. An Everose gold ring outlines the so-called Cerachrom ceramic disc.
This model also marked the introduction of the Oysterflex bracelet, which matches perfectly with the matte black dial and the bezel. This caused quite a stir, since the Geneva-based manufacturer has always been known for its consistency and minimal detail modifications. The core of this patented bracelet consists of metal inserts made of a nickel-titanium alloy. They are then coated with black elastomer, giving the Oysterflex bracelet the feel of a rubber strap. These materials make the bracelet flexible, durable, and skin friendly. Two cushions on the inward-facing side of the bracelet on either side of the case help to increase comfort. They keep the bracelet from sitting directly on the skin, allowing air to circulate better between the arm and the bracelet.
Aside from the various case size and material options, there are also several dials available. Traditional black dials create a contrast with the lighter index markers, which glow blue in the dark. Dark blue dials emphasize the watch's relationship to water and catch the eye immediately, jumping into view from far away. Rolex also offers dials made of mother of pearl or platinum.
The caliber 3135 powers both the Submariner and the 40-mm Yacht-Master, providing both with a date display. Rolex introduced this caliber, now famous for its robustness and reliability, in 1988. It was used in the first Yacht-Masters in the early 1990s. Since 2005, the calibers have featured a blue Parachrom hairspring, which Rolex developed over the course of five years. The hairspring is made of a special zirconium-niobium alloy and is therefore unaffected by magnetic fields. It's thinner than a human hair and can withstand shakes and jolts up to ten times better than normal hairsprings. It also features a so-called Breguet overcoil, where the spring's last coil is raised, thereby reducing its curvature. This allows the spring to breathe better and improves the watch's precision.
Like every Rolex timepiece, the Yacht-Master is certified by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC). The watch also undergoes further in-house tests with even more stringent standards than the COSC. The inscription Superlative Chronometer is on the dial to signify this rigorous testing. In terms of precision, this means that a Rolex watch may only deviate +/- 2 seconds per day. By COSC standards, a watch may only deviate by +/- 4 seconds per day.
The smaller caliber 2236 powers the 37-mm version, while the 2235 powers the 35-mm version. These calibers also tick away in the watches of the Lady-Datejust collection. One highlight of caliber 2236 is its "Syloxi" hairspring, which was developed and produced in-house by Rolex. It's made of a silicon and silicon oxide composite, making it unaffected by temperature fluctuations and magnetic fields. Rolex has protected this hairspring with five patents, including one for its geometry. The coils increase in thickness as they move further from the center and are also spaced farther and farther apart. Rolex also refined how the ends of the hairspring are connected to the balance shaft and balance bridge. This results in a perpendicular, flat, self-centering movement. The escape wheel is nonmagnetic and made of a nickel-phosphorous alloy. Thanks to an optimized mainspring, the power reserve of this caliber is 55 hours.
The Yacht-Master collection received a new addition in 2010 - the Yacht-Master II, a regatta chronograph. It's the first watch worldwide to feature a programmable countdown with a mechanical memory. Previously, this function was only available in quartz-powered watches. Unlike most traditional races, regatta races don't begin at the starting line. The racers wait near the starting line for the start signal. The Yacht-Master II's countdown function enables racers to get over the start line as quickly as possible after the signal.
Taking all of its functions into consideration, the Yacht-Master II is one of Rolex's most complicated watches. With a diameter of 44 mm, it's also one of Rolex's largest - only the 44-mm Deepsea can compare. However, Panerai has an even bigger watch: Some models of the Radiomir are 47 mm in diameter.
The Yacht-Master II is available in more varieties than its sibling: stainless steel, yellow gold, a bicolor stainless steel and Everose gold (Rolex's own rose gold) model, and another in white gold and platinum. The stainless steel model is available for prices in the low five-figure range and is characterized by its white dial and blue bezel with an engraved inscription reading Yacht-Master II. The second hand, as well as the additional arrow-tipped hand for the timer, add red accents. With this large, sporty-elegant watch, you're sure to make a lasting impression, be it in the office or at the yacht club. The white gold and platinum model has a more subtle, yet also more refined, look due to its platinum bezel. This watch is an expression of prestige and costs around 39,400 USD.
If you're a sailing fan searching for a new watch, look no further than the Rolex Yacht-Master . It was originally developed for sailors, though it looks just as good on land. Whether you're at the yacht club with your spouse drinking a glass of wine or discussing a new business plan with your colleagues at the office, you'll make an impression while showing off your passion for the sea. You have the choice between bicolor stainless steel and yellow gold or stainless steel and platinum models. If you prefer one color, take a look at the sporty Everose gold model, complemented by its Oysterflex bracelet and black ceramic bezel. With case sizes ranging from 29 to 40 mm, the Yacht-Master is perfect for both men and women.


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1966 Ford Bronco - Bronco Envy
A Ford That May Leave You Green
Bright lime green. It practically screams fun. That's just what John Carnahan had in mind when he set out to build the Ford Bronco popping from these pages. Mind you, it didn't look anything like this when John purchased the vintage iron. It was in pretty rough shape, but he knew what he was aiming for. He wanted a hot rod off-road rig he and his family could enjoy while exploring southwestern trails, camping in northern Arizona, or just hitting a cruise night in town.
To help with the project, Tanner Lamb from LambFab in Gilbert, Arizona, was enlisted to turn the aging Ford into a head-turning rig. A potent Mustang 302 engine sits between the frame rails, and is backed with a built C4 auto tranny and Dana 20 transfer case. Both the front Dana 44 and rear Ford 9-inch axles were locked and fitted with Tom Woods CV driveshafts.
Lift went on to get the Ford Bronco up higher, with upgrades to the suspension and steering. Custom bumpers, rollcage, sliders, and a tire carrier were added, as was a 3/16-inch skidplate under a 21-gallon fuel tank. BS Sand built up some fine seats and re-did the center console, and the Ford Bronco got a massive sound system, including a pair of Rockford Fosgate wakeboard boat speakers hanging from the custom rollcage.
For eye appeal, Bob Frankowiak at Day by Day slathered the Ford in 2013 Mustang Gotta Have It Green punctuated with 2013 Boss 302-inspired graphics. The 37-inch Toyo MTs were mounted to V-Tec Raptor wheels, and the lime-green Bronco was ready to roll. We liked what we saw, and so followed the guys out into the desert for a little play in the newly finished rig. Take a look!
Vehicle: 1966 Ford Bronco
Owner/Hometown: John Carnahan/Mesa, Arizona
Engine: 1985 Mustang 302, Ford Motorsports heads, roller rockers, mild cam, Edelbrock intake/carb, MSD ignition, JBA headers/Flowmaster mufflers
Transmission/Transfer Case: Ford C4 with B&M deep sump, shift kit/Dana 20, twin-stick conversion
Front Axle: Late model Dana 44, disc brakes, Warn hubs, ARB air locker, 4.10 gears
Rear Axle: 31-spline Ford 9-Inch, disc brakes, Detroit locker, 4.10 gears
Steering: '80s Ford 2WD steering box mounted inside the frame on custom mounts, high-steer conversion with 1-ton tie rod ends, chromoly tie rod, and draglink
Front Suspension: Classic Bronco 4.5-inch progressive coils, James Duff long-radius arms, Fox 2.0 remote reservoir shocks
Rear Suspension: Progressive-rate leaf springs, Fox 2.0 remote reservoir shocks, anti-wrap bar
Tires/Wheels: 37x13.50R18 Toyo Open Country MT, 18x9 V-Tec Raptor wheels
Interior: Custom dash, Ididit column, BS sand seats, Line-X liner
Other Parts: Six-point rollcage and rock sliders, custom bumpers, 21-gallon fuel tank, Smittybilt winch, Kenwood/Rockford Fosgate stereo system


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With production underway on Marvel's Thor: The Dark World, we're already starting to see some set photos featuring the triumphant return of Chris Hemsworth's Asgardian god. Next on Marvel's docket after Thor 2 is Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Chris Evans recently revealed to Steve exactly when that film starts shooting:
And for all the Marvel fans…Chris Evans says filming on the CAPTAIN AMERICA sequel begins in March 2013.
— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) September 10, 2012
That puts the film on roughly the same 13-month production timeline as the first Captain America, so directors Anthony and Joe Russo shouldn't have a problem making the film's April 4th, 2014 release date. Hit the jump for a refresher on what we know so far about the follow-up.
As the title infers, we assume that Sebastian Stan will be back as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, which likely pits him as the film's primary antagonist as he becomes a brainwashed Russian assassin known as Winter Soldier in the comics. It was also announced that Anthony Mackie will be playing the character of Falcon in the follow-up, a character who derives his powers from a suit which allows him to fly and—in the comics at least—can telepathically talk to birds. Samuel L. Jackson and S.H.I.E.L.D. are also expected to play a large role in the film.
A female lead has yet to be cast, but we recently heard that Anna Kendrick (50/50), Felicity Jones (Like Crazy), and Imogen Poots (Fright Night) are the possible frontrunners for the role. The first film's scribes Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely wrote the first draft of the script, but we haven't heard much about the screenplay since the Russo brothers signed on to direct. Joss Whedon did a significant pass of the script for The First Avenger, and since he recently signed on to creatively consult on all of Marvel's films in addition to doing The Avengers 2 one presumes he'll have a hand in the development of The Winter Soldier.
As the March start-date looms closer, expect to hear more solid word on the film. Captain America: The Winter Soldier opens on April 4th, 2014.


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Rekluse Posts Over $110,000 in Contingency for 2013 Motocross Season
Boise, ID - Rekluse has officially posted over $110,000 in contingencies for the 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Series. Payouts will be made throughout the top 40 positions in both the 450 and 250 classes. Joe DeGano, Rekluse Marketing Manager, states:
"We made great progress earlier this year in Supercross and are looking forward to connect with even more racers and teams in motocross. Our clutch products offer a unique competitive advantage and it is our goal to have as many professional racers experience that advantage first hand."
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As you've probably noticed, movie-poster collecting has turned into a Ron Burgundy-sized "Big Deal" over the past few years: everywhere you look, brilliantly talented artists like Martin Ansin, Tyler Stout, and Olly Moss are joining forces with places like Gallery 1988, IAm8Bit, and the newly-opened Mondo Gallery to create collectible, gorgeously-rendered works of art based on your favorite movies and TV shows, and every time one of these posters drops…a poster-collector is born.
And where do we–the die-hard paper-geeks of the world– go for our news? For our drop announcements? For interviews with our favorite artists? For reckless rumor-mongering about upcoming events? One or two dark corners of the internet might traffic in the kind of information collectors crave, but we think we can streamline that process a bit (and even if we fail, it is an excuse to ramble on about posters for the umpteenth time, and we never get tired of that). Wanna see what we've put together? Check out Limited Paper #1 after the jump, folks.
What?! A new column devoted entirely to poster-collecting? And it's not just wall-to-wall Mondo stuff? And there'll be interviews and drop announcements? A weekly last-minute head's up for whatever's being released Thursday/Friday?
That's right. And also? We'd like you to help us shape it.
That's right. This has all been a trick, and now you're being put to work (heh-heh, sucker). First, we're inviting you to read through the piece below. After reading all the way through, meet us at the end of the "Thing Worth Getting Excited About" section to answer a few specific questions and offer your suggestions. Ready? Excellent: get to it! We'll see ya on the other side. First up, our three "biggest stories" of the week:
Gallery 1988—having just come off a successful Avengers-themed show—has spent the past few weeks knee-deep in an all-new print series…one based on AMC's Breaking Bad. The entire series of prints (which is being revealed via a LOST-style ARG headed up by none other than Paul Scheer) got off to a start earlier this month with Daniel Danger's My Name is Walter Hartwell White, progressed to Tom Whalen's Hector Salamanca, and most recently dropped a spoiler-iffic print by Anthony Petrie called Gus (if you haven't seen the most recent season of Breaking Bad, we recommend avoiding this print until you do).
- My Name is Walter Hartwell White (Daniel Danger) 12×36", edition of 300
- Hector Salamanca (Tom Whalen) 18×24", edition of 300
- Gus (Anthony Petrie) 18×24", edition of 300
If you're interested in keeping up with the Breaking Bad ARG that's behind the posters, head on over to breakinggifs.com and start refreshing: new posters are being revealed all summer long!
Last week, Mondo released or announced a slew of new posters, and wallets everywhere took a merciless beating. On Thursday, Phantom City Creative's Mole People and Jeff Proctor's The Hills Have Eyes an online drop, but the Mondo mob was clearly focused on Vania Zouravliov's 13 Assassins: that one sold out very quickly. Then again, both Mole People and Hills had been available for a few weeks at that point (both dropped during Texas Frightmare Weekend, then became available for pickup at the Mondo Gallery, then they were put up for sale online), so perhaps they just didn't have that new-car sheen that some buyers look for.
Related opinion: whoever passed on Hills will regret it the first time they see it in person (it's science). Related fact: neither Hills nor Mole People had accompanying variant editions, but picking up 13 Assassins meant choosing between the white, blue, and gold editions. Here are the specs:
- Mole People (Phantom City Creative) 24×36", $40 (edition of 250)
- 13 Assassins (Vania Zouravliov) 20×36", $50 (edition of 120 per White, Blue, and Gold)
- The Hills Have Eyes (Jeffrey Proctor) 24×36", $40 (edition of 200)
Meanwhile, new prints for Friday's screening of Rocky 3 (co-presented by the fine folks at Collider.com) and Saturday morning's Iron Giant screening were announced/released/envied by those living outside of Austin. Jay Shaw's Rocky 3 18×24"print—featuring a bold image choice, to say the least– was as divisive as Shaw releases always seem to be these days, but everyone here at Collider loved it. Here's the specs:
- Rocky 3 (Jay Shaw) 18×24", $40 (edition of 270)
Laurent Durieux's Iron Giant print, meanwhile, seemed to impress virtually everyone that got a peek at it, and had people turning up in droves on Saturday morning…long before the screening even began. The print isn't actually 24×36"—it's just under on both sides, but about an inch or two—but it is one of the most impressive Mondo releases thus far in 2012, with colors that almost seem to be glowing and bolder patches of red than I'd expected from the preview pics.
Tonight, Mondo will release Durieux's King Kong print during a screening of the film at the Ritz Drafthouse, but the reception to that piece (which included lengthy talks about what some interpreted as Kong's "man boobs") has been…well, a little chillier than the one that met Iron Giant. Then again, very few pieces get that kind of universal love. Oh, and before you go throwing yourself off a bridge because you still don't live in Austin and missed this one, be aware that the remaining Giants will very likely be a part of Thursday's online drop. If you fail to snag one on Thursday? Well, that bridge will still be there! Go-Go Gadget Specs!
- Iron Giant (Laurent Durieux) ~24×36", edition of 425
DARK HALL MANSION/TOM WHALEN'S "Yellow Submarine"
What, you didn't know about this? Dude, come on. Here's a quick refresher, from Dark Hall's website: "Tom Whalen's stunning artwork for these prints draws directly from The Beatles legendary 1968 classic Yellow Submarine and is the first time The Beatles have formally allowed a contemporary artist to reinterpret their classic film's imagery within an art print format." I probably shouldn't make any pre-release declarations about quality here (I haven't even seen all the prints included in the Folio, so take this with a grain of salt), but: this seems like the perfect marriage of artist, project, and subject. Feels like a slam dunk…only question is, can you beat the world's Beatles fanatics to the checkout when the prints go on sale?
Speaking of which! Let's talk details. Tom Whalen's Yellow Submarine Folio comes in three editions– $300 for the yellow edition, $450 for the pink variant, $675 for the elite edition—and will go on sale today at 930am (PST) on May 29th over at Dark Hall Mansion's website. Each folio contains the same five screenprints, but the elite edition (only 68 in that edition, holy crap) is getting metallic inks. Click here to see detailed pics of everything.
Here are the specs:
- Yellow Submarine (Yellow Edition) $300, edition of 797
- Yellow Submarine (Pink Edition) $450, edition of 135
- Yellow Submarine (Elite Edition) $675, edition of 68
*** Rhys Cooper's still hard at work on the Game of Thrones banner series (you can read about the first wave of prints he released here), and recently Cooper released a look at the newest banner to be added to the lineup, a Lion-themed print (with the expected crimson and gold colors) for House Lannister. A pre-sale has already taken place on the first wave of prints, and a second pre-sale is expected soon for the second wave. At least, that's the common belief at the moment.
Look, I'll be honest: I purchased the first wave of six variants and then promptly stopped paying attention to the future sales surrounding the series. Tell ya what: next week's Limited Paper will feature reliable, fact-checked updates on the Game of Thrones sale/second round of sales. Remember: this is the "rough draft" Limited Paper, so I can totally pawn off laziness as "intentional corner-cutting".
Hey, speaking of "corner-cutting" (OMG that might be the best segue ever), you do know about the difference in variants and regs on this series, right? The photo below shows the regulars, which—as you can see—are all the same shape/size, but the variants will actually be cut out to match the shape of the image. Those look really, really snazzy (looked for photos of the variant versions, not coming across any immediately, will toss that onto the to-do pile for subsection "Cooper", next week's Limited Paper).
These really are looking damn good thus far:
*** In other exciting print news, the Phone Booth Gallery has announced a new show for June 23rd called A Distant Winter. At this time, not much is known about the show itself…but we do know that Martin Ansin, Ken Taylor, and Rich Kelly are the artists involved (and, really, do you need to know any more than that?). Phone Booth's expected to release more details about the show in the coming weeks, but for now, the following message is all the information we have about the show: "Phone Booth Gallery is proud to announce "A Distant Winter," an ambitious three person exhibition featuring Ken Taylor (whose 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea poster—seen below—remains one of 2012's strongest prints), Martin Ansin and Rich Kelly. Opening June 23rd, with all three artists in attendance, the exhibition will feature brand new prints and original work from all three artists. Direct all preview list inquires to email@example.com."
You can visit the Phone Booth Gallery's website here.
We're kind of in-between news-cycles/announcements at the moment, but a quick look at the calendar indicates that the week ahead is jam-packed with potential drops, at least one major show, and several screenings that may or may not have limited paper accompaniment. Be aware that most of the following are specific to people in the Austin area, but we'll be including potential drops, screenings, and rumored posters anywhere we hear that they might make an appearance (besides, hardcore collectors already own an "Austin Poster Buddy", which is this summer's hottest fashion accessory).
Without further ado, here's what you need to have on your radar this week, potential drop-wise:
*** As was mentioned previously, Mondo will release Laurent Durieux's King Kong print when the film screens tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse's Ritz location (it's sold out). Edition size, exact measurements, and cost are to-be-determined.
*** This Thursday, the Drafthouse is holding a Rolling Roadshow screening of Pixar's Toy Story in north Austin, and the remaining portion of Tom Whalen's excellent Toy Story prints (regular edition, edition size of 540, 24×36", $50 apiece) will be sold at the screening. Also at the screening: all you can eat pizza (this event is sold out).
*** This week's biggest event has to be Don't Go Out Tonight, the all-Jay-Shaw (aka Iron Jaiden) exhibition which opens Friday night at the Mondo Gallery in downtown Austin. Not much is known about the show itself beyond the fact that it's Shaw covering the cult films owned/released by Blue Underground, but even that seems to indicate that Shaw will have quite a bit of material to choose from. The Mondo Gallery's most recent show—an exhibition based entirely on Adventure Time—closed this weekend after a wildly successful run over the past three weeks. As an up-and-coming artist with a bold style that seems to divide collectors, it will be extremely interesting to see how this particular show plays out (we're rooting for ya, Jay!).
*** Also this Friday, the Alamo Drafthouse's Summer of 1982 series will screen Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist at the Alamo's Ritz location (sold out for a while now), but—as of this writing—no poster has been confirmed for the screening, but rumors persist that a Jay Shaw Poltergeist print might be unveiled during the show (this would coincide with the Shaw gallery show opening the same night just up the street). Then again, Ken Taylor delivered a jaw-dropping Poltergeist print in 2010, so it's possible that this will be one of the Summer of 1982 screenings that arrives… unaccompanied.
*** On Sunday, June 2nd, the Summer of 1982 series strikes again with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn. Some of the people associated with the event (such as Devin Faraci, whose BadassDigest.com is co-presenting the film that night) have Tweeted hints that something special will be happening during the screening, but collectors remain divided on the likelihood that a Kahn poster will drop…if only because Tyler Stout just release a fairly epic Kahn print in March. Will we get two Kahn prints within three months of each other? Stay tuned.
*** And, finally, a head's up to the entire poster-collecting community: rumors have persisted for months that fan-favorite Tyler Stout might be producing a poster for Ridley Scott's forthcoming sci-fi epic, Prometheus. While this has not been directly confirmed by Mondo, Stout, or anyone else that might be in the know, it's worth noting that if such a print does exist…it will likely be announced soon, arrive not long after, and would instantly become one of the year's most in-demand prints (if the pre-release interest in Prometheus is any indication). Press screenings for Prometheus are taking place through this week in anticipation of the film's wide opening on the 8th. Remain watchful, alert, and remember: if you see something, say something.
Each week, we'll be presenting a "Thing Worth Getting Excited About" as part of Limited Paper. Sometimes it'll be a print that's particularly rare/gorgeous/controversial, sometimes it'll be an artist we think is particularly kick-ass, and sometimes it might be an upcoming event we feel like camping out for. If you have suggestions about a person, place, or thing that deserves TWGEB status, name-check that shizz in the comments section and either me or Steve will take it into consideration for a future column.
But before you run down to the comments section to tell us what a badass this new "Tyler Stout" dude is, take a moment to hear me out on why I picked Mark Englert as our first-ever "Thing Worth Getting Excited About". In fact, why don't you hear Mark out? Recently, Mark was friendly enough to sit down and answer a few pressing questions I'd been sitting on, and I think a few of his answers will be of interest to this discussion.
First up: here's him explaining how Der et en slags Ting – his wildly popular screenprint based on John Carpenter's The Thing— came to be:
Earlier this year, someone on (art-collecting website) Expresso Beans posted a picture of their wall and their dilemma: they had a bit too much space to hang two prints together, JC Richard's "Fortress of Solitude" and Dan McCarthy's "Hoth". The easiest solution in my mind was to hang a third print, because three prints would look great together… but no prints existed that were the same size or that would fit the theme he had going. So, I made a quick mock up of what would become "Det Er En Slags Ting". People reacted really favorably to something I pooped out in about an hour, so I thought I finally had a chance to make something great that people would buy. I started a process thread so people could track my progress and I was happy to see folks get really invested, offering helpful advice and criticisms. When the print finally got produced and delivered, it felt like a real community effort and I couldn't have been happier with the end product and the vibe of my thread there.
Yes, Mark's first print was "pooped out" in "about an hour". If this is the kind of quality we can expect from Mark when he's in "Give No Shits" mode, what sort of awesomeness should we expect from him when he's actually operating on all four cylinders (note: all Englerts come standard with a V-4, but make up for it in trunk space)?! Well, funny I should ask that. Here's Mark talking about what he's got on the horizon:
I have several prints on the burner. Two more have been released since: a gig poster for comedian Jim Norton and "They All Float", based off a favorite movie from my childhood. Coming up next is "This is my farm… I'll die here", another gig poster and I have more stuff that I'm anxious to show off once it is further along.
That next piece—It's My Farm…I'll Die Here— is based on AMC's wildly popular zombie series, The Walking Dead, and (if the pre-release demand is any indication) it'll sell out even faster than his previous two prints. Of course the artwork's gorgeous (you can see the regular edition below), but people interested in buying variants are getting more than gorgeous artwork: for every variant sale he's done thus far, Mark's offered fans some truly unique (and truly awesome) bonuses. Glow-in-the-dark ink, for instance. Might not sound like the biggest bonus ever, but have you seen the miracles this dude works with GID ink? Check out his GID Thing variant below:
Wow, right? Maybe not. Let's say glow-in-the-dark isn't your thing—what could Mark do to get you to consider buying a variant? Well, how about unique sketches on every one of his AP variants?
Yes, Mark took sketch requests from everyone who purchased one of his AP Thing prints, and–over the course of a couple weeks– he got every last one of 'em sketched, tubed, and shipped. Probably earned himself several dozen lifelong fans in the process, too.
They'll be back for It's My Farm (See the regular below), where Mark's looking to take variant bonuses one step further: a recent pre-sale for the first It's My Farm variant offered buyers the chance to have their likeness included in the print…as a zombie. Yes, if you purchased a variant during that drop, Mark was offering to sketch a little zombie "you" and include it with your tube. You simply don't hear about things like that happening these days: if anything, artists connect with fans via terse Tweets, halfhearted Facebook posts, or…y'know, not at all.
There's no telling where Mark's career may take him from here (Who knows? He may stop creating screen prints entirely, take up knitting and start selling super-special variant sweaters), but it's exciting to see his fame rise in real time, and truly awesome to see him taking such pleasure in both the production of his art and the dissemination of it. There may come a day when Mark runs out of ideas for extra-special bonuses and out-of-left-field add-ons, but—if Mark's as good as I think he is—by the time that happens, he'll probably have enjoyed a long and storied career.
You can reach Mark at tacobelvedere.com (where all his prints will eventually be made available for purchase…unless they're already sold out, in which case you're screwed), on Facebook, or on the Expresso Beans forums. He may even be in your kitchen right now, making pancakes. Better go check.
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Lesson 1: Suggestions for Ending A Course
"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings." -Carl Jung
- Review the syllabus as a way to review concepts covered in the course.
- If students set goals at onset of class, have them revisit these goals and share in dyads or small groups how well they accomplished their goals, how they did so, and the outcome. Or, they can write their observations to you in a letter or email.
- Share what you learned about teaching and/or the subject matter with your students.
- Provide self-addressed envelopes and ask students to write you a letter in a few months telling you one or more things they learned and actually used. Or, send your students an email few months after the class has ended asking them to share one or two things they have applied.
- Ask students to write a letter to someone who will take the course, describing strategies that were worthwhile, those that caused problems and give advice on how best to succeed in the course. (Share their advice with subsequent classes. Or randomly give these letters to participants of the next class.) Students tend to hear advice from each other better than from the instructor.
- Ask students to bring to class magazines they are willing to cut up, scissors and glue. In groups, have them create a collage that depicts the main ideas covered in the course. Have each group explain their collage to the large group.
- Ask students to write a self-evaluation and have the students reflect on their performance
and behavior in the class. Reassure students that this will not count towards their grade,
however it is required to complete the class. Questions to ask might include the following:
- How has your approach to the subject matter changed during this course?
- How do you feel you have performed in this class?
- What would you do differently if you had a chance to do this all over again?
- What advice would you give a best friend if they had to take this course to help him/her do well?
- How has this course helped you develop as an emerging professional?
- What strategies, activities, assignments, etc., best fit your learning style and helped you learn the most?
- Have the students pretend that the class was a movie. Have each student (or in small groups) title the movie and write a review.
- Use a game such as Jeopardy or Hollywood Squares to review for the final exam.
- Provide them with a scenario such as the following: "Your best friend has approached you and states that she has to take this course. She can't take the class from anyone else and she needs the class to graduate. What advice will you give your friend to help her succeed in this class?" (For more inf. on this see Cooperative Learning and College Teaching, 6.1 (1995): 11-13. Print.)
- In a physiology course (or other applicable course), a week or so ahead of the last class, have groups of students randomly pick out of a hat or box, slips of paper with different organ systems. On the last day, have them perform a skit using any props they wish which represent their organ system and have the other students try to guess what organ system they are portraying. Or, have the students make a game of "physiology pictionary."
- On the first day, pose a question such as "What is philosophy?" Give the students approxiamtely five to ten minutes to answer the question in writing. Provide them with an envelop and ask them to put their response in the envelop, seal it and write their name on the outside. On the last day of class, ask the same question and provide time to write their answer again. Hand them back their original response and have them compare, in groups, what they had learned and how their views changed during the semester.
- Have each student write a letter to you. Provide questions for them to answer in the letter. Respond in-kind with "a letter to the class" telling them what you learned from their letters.
- Have students call out topics covered in the class and list these on the board while the students also write them down. Have students discuss with a partner what the most personally valuable topics were for them and why. If time allows, have pairs join other pairs and share their responses. Students can also share with the large group their most valuable discoveries/rediscoveries and what changes they would recommend for improving the course.
"How to End Courses With a Bang" 1995. The Teaching Professor, Vol.9, No. 5
From Better Endings: "What to Do on the Last Day of Class"
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COLUMBUS, OH — Team USA is sending in the heavies. The super heavyweights, to be exact.
Sarah Robles and Holley Mangold, who both compete in the women's 75+-kilogram weightlifting class, both lifted more than a quarter-ton overhead en route to representing the U.S. at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The two women dominated the 2012 U.S. Weightlifting Olympic Trials, held as part of the Arnold Sports Festival, a Columbus classic featuring the "Terminator" himself.
Competitors like 2008 Olympian Natalie Burgener and 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympian Katie Uhlaender, fresh off her world skeleton title, weren't even close.
With only two women qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Olympic weightlifting team — and 15 competing in six different weight classes — the event was a game of percentages. The two women who lifted the closest percentage to the qualifying standard in their class — described as the bronze-medal-winning total in their class in the last five years — would be named to the team.
|Sarah Robles won the women's super heavyweight snatch by lifting 114 kilos. Photo by Peggy Shinn.
The competition came down to a clean & jerk duel between Mangold, who two hours before the event weighed in at 358 pounds, and Robles, who's 274 pounds. In her first clean & jerk, Mangold raised 140 kilos (309 pounds) to her collarbone, where the bar bounced as if it weighed nothing. Once settled, she raised the bar overhead without faltering. Robles also made 140 kilos look easy.
Robles only faltered on her second (of three) clean & jerks, finally clearing 144 kilos. Mangold then upped it to 145 — a personal record. With a higher snatch total — 114 kilos to Mangold's 110 — Robles won the competition. But both women met their ultimate goal: making the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team.
Ranked one and two in U.S. weightlifting, both women were favorites to make the team. But while Robles, 24, has a substantial international resume, with a 10th placefrom the 2011 World Championships, Mangold, 23, is a relative unknown.
Except to those in Centerville, Ohio — about an hour-and-a-half west of Columbus where Mangold grew up playing football.
According to The Columbus Dispatch, she played on the offensive line, and her high school team made it all the way to the state championships.
"I played football for 12 years," she said. "My coach said I was strong for a girl, so I moved into power lifting, then over to weightlifting. And here I am today."
|Holley Mangold prepares to snatch 110 kilos.Photo by Peggy Shinn.
She wasn't the only football player in the household. Older brother Nick plays center for the New York Jets. He was in the audience cheering his sister Sunday evening.
Holley's weightlifting career began less than four years ago — shortly after she was inspired by weightlifting at the 2008 Olympics on TV. But she was not an immediate success, and about a year into it, she injured her knee.
After surgery, Mangold began rehabbing with Mark Cannella, president and head coach at Columbus Weightlifting, which hosts The Arnold every year. Asked if he saw her potential immediately, Cannella says no, he had to break her down and look at her technique first.
"It was soon afterwards, I was like, we have something here," he said. "From there, I knew it was going to be good."
He just didn't know how good. In one year, she has gone from lifting a max of 220 kilos to her PR of 255, set at the 2012 U.S. Weightlifting Olympic Trials Sunday night.
While Cannella wasn't so sure about Mangold right away, she had faith in him almost from the start.
"I knew within a month of being with him that he was going to take me to London," she said.
At Trials, she had 100 percent faith in him. Like most weightlifters, she was unaware of the numbers she needed to lift to make the team. Her coach and the rest of her team crunched the numbers.
"My coach puts it on the bar, and I lift it," she said. "I had complete faith in my coaches, and I let them figure out what I needed to do. I wasn't paying attention to anyone else, I wasn't watching anything. I feel bad, I had to ask people [afterwards] how they did because I was in my own zone."
A former shot putter and discus thrower, Robles credited her good performance to good health, good training, and God.
"I was pretty confident I'd make [the Olympic team]," she said. "I felt like God really had his blessing on this whole journey."
She also thanked her town, family, and coach — "everybody put forth such a great effort to get me to this point."
But both women will now have to put forth a great effort to medal in London.
Robles' total of 258, while a PR, is 70 kilos (154 pounds) less than Lulu Zhou's gold-medal-winning performance at the 2011 World Championships — and 15 kilos (33 lbs) out of third.
"Training, training, training," said Robles, when asked what she has to do between now and the 2012 Olympics. "We have to build up my confidence and work our way into lifting weights that we'll hopefully medal with."
For Mangold, making the Olympic team means she now the real work begins.
"I'd really like to hit over 270 total," she said (which would put her in bronze-medal range). "That's reaching but I will work very hard to make that happen."
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Herd saw both IL weekly-winners
The International League announced today that Gwinnett outfielder Matt Young and Charlotte pitcher Carlos Torres have been named the League's Batter and Pitcher of the Week for the period from June 21-27. Torres is now the 9th man ever to win three IL Pitcher of the Week Awards in the same season, joining Armando Reynoso (Richmond, 1991), Brian Rose (Pawtucket, 1997), Nerio Rodriguez (Syracuse, 1999), Shane Loux (Toledo, 2002), Josh Hancock (Scranton/WB, 2003), Jae Seo (Durham, 2007), Virgil Vasquez (Toledo, 2007), and Justin Lehr (Lehigh Valley & Louisville, 2009).
IL BATTER OF THE WEEK: MATT YOUNG, Gwinnett Braves
Gwinnett's Matt Young led the International League with 10 runs scored during the past week, and he tied for the League lead in hits (15), batting average (.556), and on-base percentage (.600). Young collected multiple hits in each of the six games in which he started this week, including banging out three hits in three straight games from Wednesday to Friday. He also scored multiple runs in four games, including two three-run performances. His hot bat has pushed his batting average above .300 for the first time this season, vaulting him into the League's top ten in hitting.
27-year-old Matt Young is in his sixth season of professional baseball, all coming within the Braves organization. His first taste of Triple-A came last September, when he ecorded a hit in each of his first three games with Gwinnett. Young is a native of Temple, Texas.
IL PITCHER OF THE WEEK: CARLOS TORRES, Charlotte Knights
For the third time this season, Charlotte's Carlos Torres is the International League Pitcher of the Week. Torres won both of his starts this week, allowing just two runs and eight hits in a total of 14.0 innings, while walking three and striking out twelve. Monday night in Syracuse, Torres was dominant against the IL North leaders, despite being in the difficult position of facing a team for a second consecutive start. Torres surrendered two hits and a walk in 7.0 strong innings, striking out seven Chiefs as the Knights cruised to a 6-1 victory.
Torres got his second win of the week, and sixth this season, back home against Buffalo on Saturday night. The Bisons got two runs off of him in the 5th, but Torres was otherwise stingy and Charlotte pulled out a 3-2 win. Torres now finds himself among
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10 Mouthwatering Easy-to-Make Slow Cooker Meals
I often refer to my slow cooker as my personal chef. On busy days, there's nothing like coming home to the aroma of a fully prepared home-cooked meal. There are many advantages to preparing meals in a slow cooker. Slow cookers are fantastic energy savers and the slow cooking process allows for greater distribution of flavors. Slow cooking tenderizes less expensive cuts of meat, keeping your budget on track. They're also convenient and they free-up your oven for other tasks. Try these 10 mouthwatering easy to make slow cooker meals.
1. Slow Cooked Chicken and Dumplings – There's nothing like the ultimate cold weather comfort food. Tender chicken and simple shortcut dumplings make a filling weekday feast. Add sauteed vegetables and it's a one pot meal.
2. Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce – A classic sauce that can be used in so many ways. Serve it straight from the slow cooker over hot spaghetti or use it for homemade lasagna or baked ziti.
3. Slow Cooker Calypso Pork Chops – Pork chops and chunks of pineapple are slow cooked in a flavorful brown sugar-soy sauce. A side of sticky rice and it's a true island feast.
4. Slow Cooked Chicken Chile Verde – Chile Verde is often made with pork. This version uses boneless chicken but hits all of the same flavor points. Serve with rice, refried beans, and tortillas, and it's a slow cooked fiesta in the making.
5. Slow Cooker Chili – Chili isn't just for game day. A bowl of steamy chili warms the soul on cold days and it's budget friendly too.
6. Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice Soup – For this soup chicken and wild rice are combined and enhanced with colorful vegetables. It provides a filling meal while keeping it surprisingly light in calories at the same time.
7. Slow Cooker Potato Soup – A hot and hearty bowl of homespun comfort. Top with shredded cheese and bacon crumbles and serve with a side of crusty bread for dipping.
8. Slow Cooked Roast with Creamy Mushroom Gravy – Sunday roast never looked so good. Seasoned chuck roast slow cooked with baby carrots and pearl onions until it's fall-apart tender. Top it off with a creamy mushroom gravy just before serving. For the perfect accompaniment serve a generous helping of creamy mashed potatoes on the side.
9. Braised Short Ribs – Seasoned ribs are layered in the slow cooker with tomatoes and mushrooms. You'll need plenty of crusty bread to sop-up the rich jus.
10. Slow Cooked Sweet & Sour Chicken – This slow cooker take-out fake-out hits all of the same flavor points as its fried counterpart with a lot less guilt.